I did. And maybe you too. Looking at the check-in area of ​​any airport in the world, one comes to see most of us tying ribbons, scarves or cords to our luggage to differentiate it. A brightly colored scarf. An old bracelet. A named bond. It’s not important. The idea is that we can clearly distinguish our luggage from other passengers’ luggage. Mark it unmistakably (or so we think) so we know it’s ours as it appears on the conveyor belt.

Turns out it wasn’t as good an idea as it seemed.

Good on paper… But in practice it is not like that. Even though there are those among us who add ribbons cars This trick designed to identify them at a glance has its weak points. And the most curious thing is that the airport employees themselves made the warning about this issue.

Hanging a ribbon or scarf on the handle can help you find your luggage and speed up the check-in process, but it can be a real complication for employees handling luggage. A situation that causes security checks on your luggage to take longer and affects your life. planning Trip.

“It could cause problems”. The warning was made recently by John, the baggage handler at Dublin Airport, a massive infrastructure through which nearly 32 million passengers passed through last year alone. With their own luggage, of course. Speaking to Irish magazine RSVP MagazineThe airport employee warns that, at least in certain cases, the signs we use to distinguish our checked luggage complicate checks.

“The strips people tie to their luggage to help identify them can cause problems when scanning in the luggage room,” the Dublin employee warns. That means I can’t make the flight.” The result? A trick intended to speed up the trip and prevent losses at the airport will eventually turn into the opposite: a big problem.

Add and implement recommendations. That’s not the only advice the Dublin terminal worker left with. This way, passage through airports is as comfortable, fast and calm as possible. RVSP Magazine Three ideas remain, perhaps as easily implemented as untying the ties between us. Cars. The first is actually very simple: Also remove the stickers from the old flights. “They can cause confusion in the screening process,” John explains.

The second is to place the wheels of the suitcase upwards to prevent it from being damaged while being transported. And third, a little more picturesque but just as important: no matter how much you love almond-based desserts, avoid almond butter in your travel bag. Reason? “It has the same density as some explosives, so they will remove the bag and let you off the plane.”

Traveling with luggage… and tips. John’s isn’t the first piece of advice regarding airports and luggage. He’s not even the first person to try to speed up a tedious process like waiting for our suitcase to appear on the conveyor belt.

newspaper a year ago Sun I’ve posted two more for making sure your suitcases and other packages appear first in the baggage claim room: the first is placing a sticker identifying them as “Fragile,” which will help them be among the first to be unloaded. ; The second is to do this. entrance and bill as late as possible. The latter is of course not for the faint of heart… and can cause more than one scare if the traveler doesn’t calculate the times well.

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